Product Development Manager jobs in Grand Prairie, TX

Overview

Now is the time to join us and make a difference. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.  Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a home-based International Product Development Manager in our Healthcare Business Solutions department!

This is a full time, benefits eligible, grant funded opportunity. Current funding will expire April, 2026.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and at heart.org.

Responsibilities

The International Product Development Manager, Professional Education is responsible for leading the development of translated versions of lifesaving CPR, first aid, and other global healthcare content, learning programs, and products. This individual is responsible for managing the development, translation, localization, volunteer reviews, revisions, quality standards, fiscal management, and on-time deliveries for assigned products through (1) being responsible for the development, localization and translation of products from start to finish; (2) working with project management to develop project plans and procedures; (3) collaborating with AHA staff, vendors, and volunteers to achieve quality standards; (4) maintaining fiscal oversight and adherence to established budgets; and (5) ongoing evaluation and revisions for the life of the language portfolio.

• Develops integrated working relationships with AHA staff and volunteers involved in the core content development to produce more globalized content, and a smooth hand-over of materials for localization and translation.
• Leads cross-functional project teams in the development, localization and translation of content, portfolios, and products. Ensures project team’s adherence to a general product development process used across the department and develops sub-processes for project-specific tasks as needed.
• Develops an understanding of the product, intended audience, content organization and modes of delivery for assigned products. Leads adherence to product, language, and content specific style guides for internal and external use.
• Facilitates determination and implementation of changes, and reviews content to confirm accurate implementation of edits or changes to ensure that translated materials meet AHA standards for accuracy before publication.
• Partners with a project manager to develop project scope and timelines. Lead the development project and ensure all internal and external team members meet the deadlines outlined in project plans.
• Proactively coordinates and collaborates with the AHA Science & Health Advisor, the designated scientific authority (in-country subject matter expert), and the core product team to achieve scientific approval and signoff of major localization recommendations. Review and triage localization recommendations from the field.
• Identifies product and localization challenges with a focus on the solution by performing corrective/preventative action.
• Works well in a team environment and proactively contributes to departmental goals of improving processes and product specifications for rapid content updates.
• Proactively collaborates and effectively communicates across cross-functional project teams to ensure a uniformed goal: project efficacy, consistency, on-time launch and on budget.
• Trains, motivates, and engages volunteers and subject matter experts and applies volunteer expertise across projects.
• Manages budgets and contracts for adherence to approved scope for assigned projects.

Qualifications

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• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience in product development.
• Experience working with multi-language products and multi-cultural/international staff or partners.
• Knowledge of educational product development.
• Knowledge of educational product development for healthcare/technical publishing (web, eLearning, video, content creation) is highly desired.
• Knowledge of linguistic and translation concepts and tools (localization, Translation Memory) is a plus.
• Attention to detail is a must.
• Able to effectively lead projects to a schedule to meet or exceed on-time launch.
• Able to travel up to 10-20% within and outside the US to include overnight and weekend stays.

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

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